Wildcats Finish SDSU March Mayhem With Win Over Hosts

3/21/2017 9:49:00 PM | Women's Golf

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. – Northwestern wrapped up the 2017 San Diego State March Mayhem match play competition with a win over the host Aztecs on Wedensday afternoon at The Farms (Par-72, 6,211-yards).

SDSU MARCH MAYHEM – FINAL RESULTS

The scheduled three-day event was condensed into four matches over two days due to anticipated weather on Wednesday in Rancho Santa Fe. The No. 14 Wildcats opened the competition on Monday morning with a win over the University of San Francisco before dropping hard-fought matchups against Pepperdine on Monday afternoon, and Arizona on Tuesday morning and finishing with a win over SDSU.

Janet Mao was superb over the two days in Southern California. The sophomore picked up a 3&2 win in the opener against USF, held a three-hole lead in a second-round match stopped-in-progress, earned a second 3&2 win in the third round, and won her final hole in the fourth round to square her match and secure a victory for the Wildcats.

Junior Hannah Kim played her best golf of the competition in Tuesday's final match against San Diego State. The two-time Big Ten Player of the Year dropped two of her first four holes against the Aztecs Sirene Blair, but won five of her final nine to lock up a dominant 4&3 win.

NORTHWESTERN def. San Francisco, 5-0-0
Kacie KOMOTO def. Samantha Gong, 9&7
Sarah CHO def. Alison Lillie, 5&3
Janet MAO def. Emily Laskin, 3&2
Stephanie LAU def. Ayaka Suzuki, 2-up thru 13
Hannah KIM def. Vanessa Ha, 1-up thru 12

Pepperdine def. NORTHWESTERN, 3-2-0
Janet MAO def. Tatiana Wijaya, 3-up thru 15
Stephanie LAU def. Katherine Zhu, 1-up thru 14
Hira Naveed def. Sarah CHO, 3&2
Momoka Kobori def. Hannah KIM, 5&4
Patricia Wong def. Kacie KOMOTO, 6&5

Arizona def. NORTHWESTERN, 3-2-0
Janet MAO def. Wanasa Zhou, 3&2
Stephanie LAU def. Krystal Quihuis, 2-up thru 15
Gigi Stoll def. Sarah CHO, 2&1
Haley Moore def. Hannah KIM, 3&1
Sandra Nordaas def. Kacie Komoto, 4&2

NORTHWESTERN def. San Diego State, 3-1-1
Hannah KIM def. Sirene Blair, 4&3
Kacie KOMOTO def. Georgia Lacey, 3&1
Janet MAO A/S Haleigh Krause, thru 18
Sarah CHO def. Fernanda Escauriza, 2&1
Natalie Vivaldi def. Stephanie LAU, 7&5

Along with the No. 14 Wildcats, the elite field featured seven additional schools ranked in the latest Golfstat top 40, including No. 2 USC, No. 17 Arizona, No. 28 San Diego State, No. 29 California, No. 31 Brigham Young, No. 38 Pepperdine and No. 39 UNLV, while Fresno State, Idaho, Iowa, New Mexico, Old Dominion, San Francisco, Washington State and Yale round out the list of competing squads.